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雅思剑桥8 阅读真题精讲-test2Reading Passage3 The meaning and power

(2014-08-28 19:22:35)
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剑桥真题8

雅思

阅读精讲

meaning

smell

1. New words

1)  Olfactory

a)  connected with the ability to smell

b)  the olfactory nerve

2)   Aromaa strong pleasant smell, usually from food or drink

a)  the aroma of freshly baked bread

3)  Grimace

a) to make an expression of pain, strong dislike, etc. in which the face twists in an ugly way

4)  Evoke

a)  to make someone remember something or feel an emotion

i) That smell always evokes memories of my old school.

ii)  a detergent designed to evoke the fresh smell of summer meadows

5)  Agreeable

a) pleasant; pleasing

b) We spent a most agreeable evening by the river

6)  Feeble

a) weak and without energy, strength or power

b) He was a feeble, helpless old man

7)  Register

a) to record, show or express something

8)  Disagreeable

a) Unpleasant

9)  They are nothing like us . 他们一点不像我们

a)  The images are like nothing ever seen before .

10)  Implication

a) when you seem to suggest something without saying it directly [+ that]

     i.   From what she said, the implication was that they were splitting up.

b)   the effect that an action or decision will have on something else in the future

c)  The company is cutting back its spending and I wonder what the implications will be for our department.

11)  inoffensive [,inə'fensiv]

a)  not causing anger or annoyance [ə'nɔiəns]

12)   Make do with 凑合 勉强对付

a)  Can you make do with these tools?

b)  Jennifer was so poor that she had to make do with a second-hand car

13)     Recollection

a)  a memory of something

       i. I have many pleasant recollections of the time we spent together.

b)  [U] the ability to remember things

       i.   His powers of recollection are extraordinary.

14)  To date

a)  up to the present time This novel is his best work to date

15)   Proper

a)   real, satisfactory, suitable or correct

     i.   If you're going to walk those sort of distances you need proper walking boots.

    ii.    I would have done the job myself,but I didn't have the proper equipment.

16)     Charged

a)    causing strong feelings and differences of opinion or, more generally, filled with emotion or excitement

     i.  He spoke in a voice charged with emotion

17)   Interiorize

a)  incorporate within oneself

b)  The concept of the global village shall gradually interiorize. 地球村的观念将逐渐深入人心。

18)  Attach to  // be associated with  // be part of 认为有(重要性等),结合;联系:

a)  If you say that a particular quality attaches to someone or something, you mean that they have that quality

c)  We attach the value to these experiences. 我们认为这些经历有价值。

d)  Attach importance to sth. 人们认为这个问题很重要

19) invest with full authority// invest with romance

20)  In a very real sense(实际上)

21)  Planning so far ahead make no sense (不合理)- so many things will have changed by next year.

22) I hope they'll have the (good) sense/have enough sense to shut the windows before they leave.

23)  It makes (good) sense (很有意义)to buy a large packet because it works out cheaper in the end

24)  Superior : better than average or better than other people or things of the same type:

2. Question Type

三种题型

27-32 heading。顺序

33-36 单选 顺序

37-40 FILL GAP(非summary, 顺序)

顺着做,后面题型各自先看下第一题,好锁定在文章中的位置

33 According to the introduction, we became aware of the importance of smell when

 37 Tests have shown that odours can help people recognize the ___________ belonging to their husbands and wives.

1.2.1. Heading

I The difficulties of talking about smells.

Ii The role of smell in personal relationships.

Iii Future studies into smell.

Iv The relationship between the brain and the nose

V The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups

Vi Why our sense of smell is not appreciated

Vii Smell is oursuperior sense

Viii The relationship between smell and feelings

注意其中蓝色标注的词语,用于准确锁定段落。

A  smell can evoke strong emotional responses. 末尾:The perception of smell, consists not only of the sensation of the odours themselves, but of the experiences and emotions associated with them.

Viii The relationship between smell and feelings

B Odours are also essential cues in social bonding. There is no true emotional

Bondingwithout touching and smelling a loved one….

Ii The role of smell in personal relationships

C Smell is undervalued. The reason for this undervaluation is …

Vi Why our sense of smell is not appreciated

D Smell is a highly elusive phenomenon. Odous can not be named in many

Languages because the specific vocabulary simply doesnt exist.

I The difficulties of talking about smells. 

E Significant advances have been made,  but many fundamental questions

Have yet to be answered. Researchers have still to decide ..

Iii Future studies into smell.

F Smell is cultural, social and historical. Our commonly held feelings about

Smells can help distinguish us from other cultures.

V The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups

2.2.   CHOOSE33-36

33 According to the introduction, we become aware of the importance of smell when

见文章开始斜体字部分:

Only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin

To realize the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being

C  our ability to smell is damaged.

34 The experiment described in paragraph B

In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish clothing from similar

Clothes worn by Most of the subjects would probably never have given much thought

to odour as a cue for identifying family members…

A  shows how we make use of smell without realizing it.

Subjects 这里做实验对象讲。

35 What is the writer doing in paragraph C

Smell is undervalued. The reason. Authors opinion: He argues against it.

He think they are still remarkably acute..  Evidence to support his view

C  rejecting a common belief.

36 What does the writer suggest about the study of smell in the atmosphere in Paragraph E?

There are still many fundamental questions that have yet to be answered

Researchershave still to decide whether smell is one sense or two

D  Smell is yet to be defined.

2.3.  Complete each sentence (37-40)

37  Tests have shown that odours can help people recognize the ___________ belonging to their husbands and wives.

B段:In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish clothing worn by the marriage partners.

38 Certain linguistic groups may have difficulty describing smell because they lack the appropriate________

D段: Odours, cannot be named in many languages because epecific vocabulary simply doesn’t exist.

39 The sense of smell may involve response to _________ which do not smell, inaddition to obvious odours.

E 段:Researchers have still to decide whether smell is one sense or two—one responding to odours proper and the other registeringodourless chemicals in the air.

40 Odours regarded as unpleasant in certain__________ are not regarded as unpleasant in others.

F段:

Smells that are considered to be offensive in some cultures maybe perfectly acceptable in others.

3. Complex sentences

1) In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people.

2) The reason often given for the low regards in which smell is held is that, in comparison with its importance among animals, the human sense of smell is feeble and undeveloped.

3) While it is true that the olfactory powers of humans are nothing like as fine as those (与那些一样好) possessed by certain animals, they are still remarkably acute.

4Many fundamental questions have yet to be answered.Many fundamental questions have not been answered yet.本质上一个意思,就是许多根本问题仍有待回答。

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